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  1. Roger Wilco

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    Excellent. Reading your posts and your replies, I'm left with the impression that you are the type of individual who can successfully make it work for you, and do so safely.
  2. Roger Wilco

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    By now, sage advice tendered here has driven-home the fact that travel in light aircraft is not as simple as getting into a car and turning the key. And yet, many pilots do successfully and frequently use GA aircraft for business travel. If I read StraightnLevel's posts correctly, he (she?)...
  3. Roger Wilco

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    There are some pilots who are not fans of the Bonanzas, but speed is rarely--if ever--cited as a reason. Fuel capacity depends on the vintage--I think the early Bonanzas had only 40 gal tanks. Many of the 1950s models had 50 gal tanks and optional 20 gal aux tanks. In the sixties, 80 gal tanks...
  4. Roger Wilco

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    One of the pleasant aspects of being late to a thread is the realization that there’s a great deal of knowledge and wisdom on PoA. If you’re still following replies, I’d like to show support for some of the previous replies and add a couple of notes from my perspective. Insurance will limit...
  5. Roger Wilco

    Another Fatal Vmc Demo Stall Spin

    I very rarely watch amateur accident-investigator videos but the fact that the accident aircraft was a Travel Air sparked my interest. Shortly before I began working toward my MEL rating, a local aviation luminary who was highly-experienced and well-respected, perished while giving a checkride...
  6. Roger Wilco

    Advertising yourself as an independent cfi? Where and how do you do it

    A little humility goes a long way. By seeking advice on a public forum like this, you must accept the fact that many of the replies will not be what you want to hear. It is important to realize that some of those replies may contain the most valuable insights and advice that you will find...
  7. Roger Wilco

    Gilligan's Island & Meowing

    To simplify: YDFTFM, YFTFY (You Didn't Fix That For Me, You Fixed That For Yourself). Whereas IWWIMAMWIW (I wrote what I meant and meant what I wrote). That said, I unequivocally agree with you. And thanks--every day is a little bit nicer when no one says "have a nice rest of your day."
  8. Roger Wilco

    Gilligan's Island & Meowing

    YDAFAFM--YMUMMTMYOS TFNBAB
  9. Roger Wilco

    Gilligan's Island & Meowing

    I'm certain that we could. Just don't call me "bro" and in return I won't meow on the wireless or bolt a set of open pipes onto my bike.
  10. Roger Wilco

    Gilligan's Island & Meowing

    All of the above, apparently. This issue has gotten the attention of both the FAA and the FCC, the latter of which has issued an Enforcement Advisory—the first such act directed at aviation operations in the past 43 years (that I am aware of). Apparently those two agencies deem it a fairly...
  11. Roger Wilco

    Off-putting things in aircraft ads.

    Great list of gripes, many of which I share. If I may add one more, how about the misuse of the term pedigree when the seller really means provenance (or more down-to-earthily, ownership history)? I see pedigree pop up from time to time, almost always in ads placed by brokers. I assume they're...
  12. Roger Wilco

    Gilligan's Island & Meowing

    RyanShort1, robin ardoin, bflynn, and anyone else inclined to defend or downplay this issue, may I direct your attention to the following: FAA: "Very high frequency (VHF) 121.5 and ultra high frequency (UHF) 243.0 are ‘guarded’ frequencies reserved in the aircraft operations band exclusively...
  13. Roger Wilco

    Region of reverse command

    By now it should be obvious that you are not the only one who is confused by this term. As you have read, there seems to be quite a range of interpretations. My hypothesis is that aerodynamics is difficult and unintuitive, and therefore the explanations provided in our pilot training materials...
  14. Roger Wilco

    The nerve to think my flash card is wrong: Density Altitude

    Maybe there was something about atmospheric pressure lapse rate vs. temperature...
  15. Roger Wilco

    New valve technology on the horizon

    Thanks, Dan Thomas. That’s one of the great things about the internet: you can always count on encountering someone presumptuous enough to tell you what you’d better do. The examples you cited…I did take a moment to glance through them, hoping to learn something new. Instead, the fundamentals...
  16. Roger Wilco

    New valve technology on the horizon

    All of us who have been involved in GA for the last half-century can be forgiven for being jaded. After seeing countless breathless press releases, ad campaigns, magazine articles, OSH demonstrations, etc. about the next big thing, only to watch it vanish into thin air taking tens--maybe...
  17. Roger Wilco

    New valve technology on the horizon

    Dan Thomas, thank you for your perspective. I expected nothing less. Bell206, you asked in post #64, and I responded by citing CMC technology and the potential it has to create a new generation of small turbines for GA applications. It's clear that you don't share my optimism, which is fine...
  18. Roger Wilco

    New valve technology on the horizon

    Too thirsty, though. EDIT Here's a list of desiderata related to a new generation of light GA turbine powerplants based on ceramic hot section components: 1). Cost within 20% of current piston engines of comparable power; 2). 75% cruise BSFC of 0.50 or less; 3). TBO 4000 hrs or greater; 4)...
  19. Roger Wilco

    New valve technology on the horizon

    I forgot the most important criterion: $50k +/-. When CMC materials achieve widespread use in larger engines the cost may come down drastically. At some point, the gearbox will cost more than the gas generator.
  20. Roger Wilco

    New valve technology on the horizon

    That might be the principal challenge faced by development programs. A primary weakness is tensile strength, obviously a crucial factor in turbine implementation. As mentioned previously, the technology has been in development for quite some time by major players, due to the potential to...
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